teflon swivels

I have been running a BP Teflon ball on an a defender axle for two years, one year on the 110 and then the axle has gone onto my 90.

Not had any problems but I don't abuse the landy so never know

to be fair, the closest i will get to serious off roading is a dirt track

My bp Teflon swivels have done alright. The only problem I found during my rebuild was that the bearings which also came in blue boxes hadn't fared as well.

Just out of curiosity can you repolish the old swivels? I don't think mines are too bad and after reading this thread I'm not keen on buying new lol. Would much rather prolong the life of mine if possible

the_wolf said:

Just out of curiosity can you repolish the old swivels? I don't think mines are too bad and after reading this thread I'm not keen on buying new lol. Would much rather prolong the life of mine if possible

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if the base steel is not damaged, I see no reason they can not be re chromed

Thor1950 said:

if the base steel is not damaged, I see no reason they can not be re chromed

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As long as no elongated mounting points, those failures are truely frighteningly worrying

I encourage everyone to read the thread I linked to on LR4x4

These failures will be fatal eventually.

The worst thing is not enough people know about it.

On the day of the second swivel breakage I was at Parkwood, and another guy had sheared one on his 90 also and some lads came over to my mud workshop to ask if I had another spare, sadly not the case.

Just been looking through the other thread, seems to be all later ones failing with the twin roller bearings. I'll let you know if mine **** themselves after my rebuild. If you want conclusive proof then if you could get hold of a failed Teflon and an original chrome ball then there is a selection of material testing equipment at uni. Mind you'll have to be keen finding them as I'm in my final year now.

Getting them tested is the hard part, although bearmach are so far seeming to perhaps apparently look into something of some description...

i can get them tested quite easily as i do have access at uni to various hardeness and strain testers etc so i'd get a good understanding of what strength the material is

I can get stuff tested too if you can't get them done in time or two busy with work at uni.